RADIO BLOODBATH!

Who's in and who's out at Nova?

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When radio network Nova announced at the end of last month that their biggest show, Fitzy & Wippa With Kate Ritchie, was being dropped for a fresh show starring Ricki-Lee Coulter and Tim Blackwell, it was touted as an “evolution” that was all about giving their “incredible talent the perfect platforms to deliver great content”.

But was that really the reason? Or was there another tension-riddled catalyst that drove the network to make their greatest reshuffle in decades?

RADIO RESET

Talk of a “major reset” over at Nova first began after Kate, 47, took a break from her breakfast radio show with Ryan “Fitzy” Fitzgerald, 49, and Michael “Wippa” Wipfli, 46, in order to focus on her “deeply personal” mental health battle around this time last year. However, radio insiders spill that it may have been due to some talent unrest within the hit drivetime show, Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel, that caused the conversations to ramp up.